Story+2006-11-17+Dublin,+Ireland

´´...Here´s a song from one of my folk music albums....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´Growin´ Up´´**

´´Alright, well, we, uh....we teetered back slightly from the brink of insanity in the States a week ago...but it was close...it was so close...I´ve lived through a few different presidents but I don´t think I´ve ever seen anything like this guy (crowd cheers) it was, uh....it was Sinclair Lewis who wrote a book called ´It Could Happen Here´....not sure it didn´t but, uh, the great Abraham Lincoln-quote: ´You can fool some people all of the time, all the people some of the time but you can´t fool all the people all of the time´....but, uh, he should´ve added that if you fool enough of the people enough of the time (drowned out by applause).... terrible....terrible....terrible tragic mistakes, terrible tragic mistakes so....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´Devils&Dust´´**

´´This is for the mothercity of American music....New Orleans....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?´´**

´´Alright, it´s time for me to ask that age-old rock´n´roll question....that I´ve come thousands of miles to find out the answer to....I´ve asked it before....I´ll ask it again....but right now what I wanna know is....are you alright?....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´Jacob´s Ladder´´**

´´Ok....I don´t know where they are but they´re here somewhere....actually they´re out at the club I´m sure....my kids I´m talking about....they´re into their third pint of Guinness....I might not be kidding, I don´t know where they are....God bless ´em (chuckles) where are my young ones? (crowd applauds)(?) real long time, you can scratch your way out....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´Long Time Comin´´´**

´´....You got the....you gotta get the Irish blood running there....(?)....alright....alright, this is, uh....this is kind of the song that explains what our whole little experiment´s been about up here and I wanna send this one out to you thanking you for, this was the first place we played in Europe....you really set us off on a nice start, we´ve had a lovely adventure with all this music and all these wonderful musicians.....(?)....this has been a learning experience and a real treat and I wanna thank you for, uh, taking a chance, taking a chance on us with all this stuff, we appreciate that a lot....so, uh....uh....that said, I guess I´ll send this one out to you....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´When The Saints Go Marching In´´**

´´We want you to rise from your seats now, please, and join us....we wanna send you home with a little love in your heart, a little light in your soul....´´
 * 17.11.06 Dublin, Ireland, intro to ´´This Little Light Of Mine´´ **

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//